Cavity
Cavity noun - A sunken area forming a separate space.
Usage example: a cavity in the lawn where a tree stump had been removed
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A effects of a hemothorax, bleeding into the pleural cavity, is rectified in a similar manner by cutting a hole into the cavity, stitching a rubber tube into the hole and letting the difference in air pressure force the blood into a bucket.
Source: Healing Shiv - In Half-Life 2, this was changed so that headcrab zombies "merely" have slightly pointed fingers and a large hole in their abdominal cavity.
Source: Body Horror / Video Games
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Hole and Cavity. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cavity/hole
Cavity & Hole. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cavity/hole>.
Hole or Cavity. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cavity/hole.
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